Monday, May 3, 2010

Oh O

Two years ago, I was gifted with a subscription to O magazine.
It arrives heavy and shiny in our mailbox each month.
And I consistently read at least two parts of it: the guest essayist, and Martha Beck.
This month the magazine celebrated it's 10th anniversary.
On the last page, Oprah recounts this:

When we started publishing this magazine, I had no great expectations. I was clueless about the business of magazine publishing. Sometime during the first few months, I actually said to our then editor in chief, "Maybe we should lose some of the ads. There are just too many of them."

I was immediately set straight on that point. We exist because of the ads. "Oooookay."

This issue had 140 advertisements. So before I got to things such as this:

"Become more accepting...surrender any tendency to judge...pray for an accepting heart."

I got to see things like this:

As a friend of mine said, "When even Oprah shrinks instantly in the face of the all-powerful advertising industry,we should all be terrified."
Because isn't Oprah a kajillion-billionaire?

Thankfully, I've developed a more accepting heart, and I accept the images without question. I for one, am immune to advertising.

Welcome to the Disney Princess Recovery Program

I began this blog in April 2010. It was meant to be a 90 day run at recovery. From Disney Princesses.

It's been over 4 years since I first googled "Why the hale are Disney Princesses everywhere?" I found a lot of advertisements for Disney World. And a definition of hale (strong and healthy).

I started writing here and found all sorts of people were asking the same question. Minus hale.

My kid is over the Disney Princesses, but I am into all the stuff I've learned while taking notes and exploring. Now I post whatever catches my mind about: marketing to children, girls, and occasionally squirrels.